Milton eugene campany



(No ModeL) M- E. GAMPANY- HAME MSTBNERl Patented Augll'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP ITJVESSES.

NITED STATES PATENT Ormea. 'I

MILTON EUGENE OAMPANY, OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR. OF ONE HALF TOFREDERICK WILLIAM THOMPSON, OF SAME PLACE.

HAME-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,853, dated August4, 1885.

Application filed May 26, 1885.

To all Iwhom it may concern:

Be it known that l, MILTON E. OAMPANY, a citizen ofthe United States,and resident of Muskegon, in the county of 'Muskegon and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHaine-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact descr iption of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art 1o to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective viewof the lower portions of two haines provided with my improvedhaine-fastener. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same; and Fig. 3is a perspective view of the catch, its spring, and its fastenin gs.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to that class of llame-fasteners in which anotched strip is hinged to the lower end of one hame and en- 2 5 tels abox or casing hinged to the lower end of the other haine, said box orcasing being provided with a catch for engaging the notches upon thestrip 5 and it consists in the improved construction and combination ofparts of the 3o same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letters A A indicate the lower endsofthe haines, which are provided with the usual eyes, B B. The hooked orcurved ends C C of the two parts D and E of the fastener are hinged intothese eyes, and one part, D, of the fastener consists of a strip havinga series of ratchet-teeth, F, upon its outer side, facing with theirinclined 4o sides toward the outer end of the strip. The other part, E,of the fastener is formed at its outer end with a rectangular box, G,open at both ends, the sides of which box are formed by upwardly-benttlanges7 H H, upon the side edges of the strip, while the inner portionof the top of the box is covered by a top piece, I, which connects theedges of the ilanges. The edges of the flanges, where the top ofthe boxis open, are formed with bearings, J J, o which are covered by lugs ortongues, K, which may be bent from tne bearings or over (No model.)

them, and two laterally-projecting trunnions,

L L, of a flat-catch or pawl-lever, M, are journaled in these bearingsand retained by means of the tongues or lugs being bent over them, thesaid lugs being shown raised from thc bearings in dotted lines in Fig.2. rlhe outer end of this catch-lever is formed into a serratedthuinb-piece, N, and the under side of the inner end of the lever isbeveled so las to 6o slip over the ratchet-teeth of the toothed stripwhen the latter is inserted into the box from its open outer end, whilethe inner face of the lever is cut off straight, so as to engage theshoulders of the ratchet-teeth and bear against them, preventing thestrip from being withdrawn. The upper side of the inner portion of thecatch-lever is formed with an inwardlybent wide lip, O, and the outeredge of the top piece of the box is formed withan out- 7owardly-projecting lip, P', against the Linder side of which the innerend of ,the catch-lever may bear, when raised. The side edges of the toppiece of the box are formed with iuwardly-bent lips, Q Q, under whichthe inner 7 5 ends of a bailshaped spring, It, may be clamped, thetransverse end piece of the spring resting under the inwardlybent lipupon the catch-lever.

llhe entire box upon the part E is made of 8o malleable metal, so thatthe tongues forming the tops of the bearings and the lips, which clampthe ends of the spring, may be hainmered down over the parts which theyconfine, and it'will be seen that by having the spring- 8 5 clampinglips malleable, they may be hammered down so as to clamp the ends of thespring firmly, whereupon the trunnions of the catchflever may be placedinto their bear-in gs, and the tongues of the said bearings be bent 9oover the trunnions, preventing them from slipping out of the bearings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- 1. 1n a haine-fastener, thecombination, with a toothed strip hinged to one haine and havinginwardly-facing teeth, of a strip hinged to the other haine, and havinga box upon the face of its outer portion, having its outer por- 10o tionopen at the top and formed with bearings in the edges of the sides ot'the box, having a bail-shaped spring secured at its inner ends upon thetop oil the box, and having an outwardly-projecting lip at the outeredge of the top of the box, and a eaten-lever pivoted with its late"ally-projecting trunnions in the bearings upon the sides ofthe box,having its outer end formed as a thumb-piece, and hav ing aninwardlybent lip upon the upper side of its inner portion engaging thetransverse end piece of the spring, the said eatohlever engaging theratelletteeth of the other strip with its inner end, as and for thepurpose shown and set forth. I

2. In a haine-fastener, the combination of the part E, having the boxformed with sides H H, provided with bearings J J, havingy tongues K andtop piece, I, covering the in- ,l ner portion of the open top ofthe box,and l havingoutwardlyprojecting lip l) and springl clamping lips Q Q,the bail-shaped spring R, having its ends clamped by the lips Q, and thecatch-lever pivoted with its laterally-pro Ijeeting trunnions in thebearings upon the side pieces of the box, having its outer end formedinto a thumb-piece serrated upon its upper side, havingits innerendeutoifstraight, and having an inwardly-bent tlat lip, O, upon the upperside of its inner portion, the said box being' formed of malleablemetal, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto afixedmy signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAS. C. MCLAUGHLTN, FRED SU'rCLiFFn.

CA MPANY.

